As Sanders delegates hint they could walk out on Clinton’s acceptance speech at the Democratic convention, Ellison – who endorsed Sanders– is urging them to think about the bigger picture.

“I am just saying the logic of playing spoiler to the advantage of Trump does not make any sense to me if you call yourself a Bernie supporter,” Ellison told TPM in a phone interview Monday.

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Ellison said he is proud of the movement Sanders built, but that if “Bernie or Bust” delegates and supporters aren’t careful “they are going to sabotage the whole Democratic process in favor of Donald Trump.”

“I want someone to explain to me how they are Bernie or bust but Bernie is not,” Ellison said.

It’s hard to put the genie back in the bottle. I’m going to get a glass of wine. Wanna join me?

Watching now. Clinton is going to try and brazen this out, but it ant going to work. Sanders people are PISSED. Trump is now the prohibitive favorite and he will continue to be if Clinton tries to scare everyone with the prospect of Trump.

I’m drinking wine. Leave it to Dems to turn an easy win into a sh*t show. We are such an embarrassment. BTW, we all own this. No more pretending only certain people are responsible.

Today I asked Dana what more he wanted from the DNC mess. I didn’t get an answer. Could someone please tell me what the point of this is? I’ve been watching Sanders delegates being interviewed. Talk about wince inducing.

That said, people are getting annoyed with this behavior. My advice is to be careful how far you push something. There’s a fine line between sympathy and scorn. That’s my fortune cookie wisdom.

Wrong question and wrong person to ask. There’s nothing to do but apologize graciously (already done) and move forward, also graciously and with an element of having been chastened. The emotions of random Bernie supporters are high right now and not going to follow your script. DWS is gone three hours and DNC is already working to restore its integrity.

The speeches are already written so I don’t know what can be done but to soldier on. Personally I would like to see a quiet purge of the remaining guilty at DNC, or at least Bernie should receive that through back channels. On the podium, renewed pledges of reform would be welcome. Hillary should humbly take into account her mandate is not as big as she thought it was, and her leverage for spurning Bernie on TPP (platform) and other issues was perhaps unfairly obtained.

From a Facebook post from a Sanders supporter in Texas that I am friends with:

Ugh. I am embarrassed to have ever called myself a Bernie supporter. My apologies to Senator Sanders—I don’t think this was your vision. My apologies Madame Secretary—the difference between America and less peaceful parts of the world has always been our ability to have a peaceful and orderly transition of power. My apologies to women, children, elderly and the infirm—May your American heal her ugly wounds.

just saw a delegate whining that bernie voters have had their feelings hurt and something (else) must be done to make them feel better. grow up. it’s not about your feelings. there’s no crying in politics.

and stopping trump is a totally good reason to support hillary, as long as she’s so clearly better than trump. sorry if some of you are pouting because you can’t feel the old youthful enthusiasm. be adults.

on the other hand, a little of eljah cummings (or almost any of these people) goes a long way. and, uh, demi lovato?

It’s kind of a shame that she needed to do that. The way she articulated her support and vote for Clinton, while still fighting for those principles represented by Sanders was classy. Class wins every time.

While the Bernie supporters are out of hand, am I the only one who is delighting in the fact that we have free speech at the DNC? People can voice their opinions, reasonable or otherwise, loudly of softly, without fear of being booted by gun-wielding knuckle-draggers. Or being beat up by them. Peaceful protests in the streets that are loud and alive. Democracy in action. It ain’t always pretty and easy. While the divided crowd seems like a big deal now, we will have 45 scandals between now and November, and most voters have an incredibly short memory….

Kudos to Sarah Silverman and Al Franken for pushing through their “stretch” over the rowdy crowd. Don’t think I’ve ever seen Sarah Silverman look so uncomfortable and confused!

Well done all. A good mix of feel-good emotional appeals and Trump-bashing. Then Bernie made sure to list and remind us of all the specific policy goals most of the other speakers couldn’t seem to fit into their soaring rhetoric, especially the ones negotiated late in the primary that seemed not to be mentioned much. Seems to be more than enough unity.

1. We have pissed away trillions on Middle East wars that have done nothing but create more instability and misery. We could have used that money to rebuid America’s infrastructure. We need to shift the burden to ME nations and bring our troops home.

2. We need to pass legislation to ensure that we have a clean renewable energy infrastructure that will build jobs and and security in our own nation. This issue is interconnected with number 1.

3. We need to pass laws that create disencentives for the 1% CEO class to screw American workers by moving jobs over seas for child labor in Asia where there are no worker protections or environmental safety laws. The trade deals we have signed have all made billions for the 1% while diminishing the standard of living for average Americans.

4. We have given millions of poor people health care that have never had it before but health care reform has left out the middle class keeping insurance unaffordable for much of them. We need a public option or to break up the health insurance monopoly and have true western democracy coverge like the rest of the civilized world.

5. Our university system is the best in the world and we need to assure it is available to all Americans without having to go into cripling debt. This is a national security and of existential importance to our nation.

6. We need to re-evaluate every federal program to assure it serves more than the interests of the 1% and reallocate funds where the interests of the many are not served. This particularly true in energy, education and defense programs.

7. Because of our tax structure, we are incurring trillions of debt that will be passed on to our kids. We need a tax structure that collects funds from the 1% in a way that better ballances the federal budget.

I swear, I’m not sure what’s worse, holding the hands of people that agree with Hillary on 95% of the issues or arguing with Trump supporters that glory in worrying the people that need their hands held.

I know, LG. People like mouse will vote for Hillary or they won’t. They already know pretty much what they’re doing in November and really don’t need me or you to make the case. This comes across as a cry for attention. So, I wish them well, but I’m moving on.

No true Sanders supporter could ever vote for Trump. The ones that do (or claim that they will) are crackpots and losers who happened to warm up to Sanders for a little while. They found a hobby. If it wasn’t Sanders it would have been ancient aliens.

I know a misogynist or two who really seemed like a true Sanders supporter.

I think there quite a few out there that can’t stand the thought of having a tough woman in the White House. It’s really not so different from those Dem racists who refused to vote for Obama… (and they’re probably one and the same).

I know a guy that used to take any injuries that his car caused (scraped knuckles removing a nut, etc) out on the car. He could walk around the car an point to places where he had kicked or punched the car.

“This dent is where I kicked the car for hurting my knuckles when I replaced the brake pads.”

I guess it made him feel better. It was good for a laugh. But he drove around in a car that was dimpled by kicks, punches and the occasional tire iron.

If it makes you feel better, whack away, mouse. Just don’t call us if you need a ride to work.